VIPs of FKF
SDU Trivia
Christmas Around the World
Chemical Christmas
Chaos
100

This VIP is known for their love of board games and student welfare

Who is Steffen Bähring

100

The full name of the current rector

Who is Jens Ringsmose

100

The most common day to celebrate Christmas on

What is the 25th of December

100

This common aromatic compound is known for its almond smell

What is Benzaldehyde

100

The most common last name in Denmark

What is Nielsen

200

This VIP has been involved with developing the MIMS-technology for environmental analysis

Frants Roager Lauritsen

200

The name of the branch of the university we currently reside in, before the merge into SDU

What is Odense Universitet

200

This fast-food chain is very busy on Christmas day in Japan

What is KFC

200

The name of the chemical active compound in cinnamon that gives it its characteristical taste and smell.

What is cinnamaldehyde

200

The four elements named after a singular city in Sweden (mention at least 1, double if you can get them all. Get one wrong and no points will be awarded)

What is Yttrium, Terbium, Ytterbium, Erbium.

300

This VIP has been awarded “Dannebrogsordenen” and works with organic chemistry

Who is Jan O. Jeppesen

300

The nickname for the building with the rooms in the range of U160-185

What is Rugbrødet (Rye Bread)

300

Daily Double

The length of the longset "guirlande" created +- 50m

300

The name of the chemical active compound in vanilla that gives it its characteristical taste and smell.

What is Vanillin

300

This element is named after a person, whose first name in latin is the same as the saint linked to Santa.

What is Nickel

400

This VIP was a post doc at Harvard University under Professor George M. Whitesides, and has published articles in Nature

Who is Jasmin Mecinovic

400

The amount of students enrolled at our campus (the Odense University part of SDU) (+- 1.5 k)

What is 18.956

400

The primary reason the Church originally fixed Christmas day to the 25th of December

What is it coincided with the Roman time for winter solstice / why does Christmas coincide with the roman time for winter solstice

400

The most common cotton type (that could be) used to burn down “nisselandsbyer” / elf villages

Flash cotton / Nitro Cellulose (Nitrovat) (For reference, Mia (her right there) burned down the village)

400

The name of the condensation reaction between two esters

What is a Claisen-Condensation

500

This VIP has family in both Sweden and Germany and has an interest in Scandinavian / Germanic languages

Who is Erik Donovan Hedegård

500

The two architects behind the first building in SDU (under another name then)

Who is Knud Holscher and Svend Axelsson
500

The amount of Gävle goats that has been (successfully) destroyed

What is 42 (out of 59)

500

The carboxylic acid and alcohol the ester with a smell of wintergreen consists of

What is Isobutanol and Salicylic acid

500

The five most abundant elements in the Earth's Crust (by weight)

What is Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminium, Iron and Calcium